Literary notes about Verbatim (AI summary)
The term "verbatim" in literature consistently signals an exact replication of text, underscoring precision and authenticity across various genres and eras. For example, in Pérez Galdós’s Doña Perfecta, the Academy’s citations are copied verbatim from trusted dictionaries [1], while Kant notes a jest taken verbatim from Steele’s play [2]. Such exactitude is not confined to literary criticism alone; it appears in the works of Edgar Allan Poe, where entire passages are presented verbatim to retain the original stylistic impact [3, 4, 5]. Historical and scientific texts, like those of Strabo [6] and Suetonius [7], also harness the term to affirm the fidelity of reprinted sources. Even in more casual and anecdotal narratives, like those in Sherlock Holmes [8] or Helen Keller’s memoirs [9], citing verbatim passages is a method to preserve the intended message without dilution. This repeated emphasis, whether in classical translations [10], academic reinterpretations [11], or even everyday reportage [12], highlights literature’s ongoing commitment to respecting and accurately transmitting source material.
- The citations from the Academy can usually be verified in other unabridged Spanish dictionaries; for these habitually copy the Academy verbatim.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós - [The jest may have been taken from Steele’s play, “The Funeral or Grief à la mode ,” where it occurs verbatim.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - we have half a mind to punish this young scribbler for his egotism, by really publishing his effusion, verbatim et literatim , as he has written it.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - “My dear sister,” said she, on the thousand-and-second night, (I quote the language of the “Isitsoornot” at this point, verbatim)
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - I cannot pretend to give all the ‘Tea-Pot’s’ paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs thus: ‘Oh, yes!—Oh, we perceive!
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - His chief guide is Julius Cæsar, whom he frequently quotes verbatim .
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) by Strabo - Dr. Thomson’s remarks appended to each successive reign, are reprinted nearly verbatim in the present edition.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius - I rang the bell and called for the weekly county paper, which contained a verbatim account of the inquest.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - This she did by repeating to me as far as possible, verbatim, what she heard, and by showing me how I could take part in the conversation.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - The authoress has bungled by borrowing these words verbatim from the "Iliad", without prefixing the necessary "do not," which I have supplied.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - [13] These are taken, almost verbatim, from the class papers of students.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - Here was a rare interview; I shall try to record it verbatim .
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker